perf: cache model fields

polyfactory/factories/attrs_factory.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Generic, TypeVar
 
 from polyfactory.exceptions import MissingDependencyException
-from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.field_meta import FieldMeta, Null
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -35,13 +35,19 @@ def is_supported_type(cls, value: Any) -> TypeGuard[type[T]]:
         return isclass(value) and hasattr(value, "__attrs_attrs__")
 
     @classmethod
+    def _init_model(cls) -> None:
+        """Initialize the model and resolve type annotations."""
+        super()._init_model()
+        if hasattr(cls, "__model__"):
+            cls.resolve_types(cls.__model__)
+
+    @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list[FieldMeta]:
         field_metas: list[FieldMeta] = []
         none_type = type(None)
 
-        cls.resolve_types(cls.__model__)
         fields = attrs.fields(cls.__model__)
-
         for field in fields:
             if not field.init:
                 continue

polyfactory/factories/base.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
+import functools
 import inspect
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import Counter, abc, deque
@@ -97,6 +98,22 @@
 F = TypeVar("F", bound="BaseFactory[Any]")
 
 
+def cache_model_fields(func: Callable[[type[F]], list["FieldMeta"]]) -> Callable[[type[F]], list["FieldMeta"]]:
+    """Decorator to cache the results of get_model_fields() to avoid repeated introspection.
+
+    :param func: The get_model_fields classmethod to wrap
+    :returns: Wrapped function with caching
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(cls: type[F]) -> list["FieldMeta"]:
+        if "_fields_metadata" not in cls.__dict__:
+            cls._fields_metadata = func(cls)
+        return cls._fields_metadata
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
 class BuildContext(TypedDict):
     seen_models: set[type]
 
@@ -124,12 +141,13 @@ class BaseFactory(ABC, Generic[T]):
     """A sync persistence handler. Can be a class or a class instance."""
     __async_persistence__: type[AsyncPersistenceProtocol[T]] | AsyncPersistenceProtocol[T] | None = None
     """An async persistence handler. Can be a class or a class instance."""
-    __set_as_default_factory_for_type__ = False
+
+    __set_as_default_factory_for_type__: ClassVar[bool] = False
     """
     Flag dictating whether to set as the default factory for the given type.
     If 'True' the factory will be used instead of dynamically generating a factory for the type.
     """
-    __is_base_factory__: bool = False
+    __is_base_factory__: ClassVar[bool] = False
     """
     Flag dictating whether the factory is a 'base' factory. Base factories are registered globally as handlers for types.
     For example, the 'DataclassFactory', 'TypedDictFactory' and 'ModelFactory' are all base factories.

polyfactory/factories/dataclass_factory.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from typing_extensions import TypeGuard
 
-from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, T
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, T, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.field_meta import FieldMeta, Null
 
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def is_supported_type(cls, value: Any) -> TypeGuard[type[T]]:
         return bool(is_dataclass(value))
 
     @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list["FieldMeta"]:
         """Retrieve a list of fields from the factory's model.
 

polyfactory/factories/msgspec_factory.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Generic, TypeVar, get_type_hints
 
 from polyfactory.exceptions import MissingDependencyException
-from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.field_meta import FieldMeta, Null
 from polyfactory.value_generators.constrained_numbers import handle_constrained_int
 from polyfactory.value_generators.primitives import create_random_bytes
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def is_supported_type(cls, value: Any) -> TypeGuard[type[T]]:
         return isclass(value) and hasattr(value, "__struct_fields__")
 
     @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list[FieldMeta]:
         fields_meta: list[FieldMeta] = []
 

polyfactory/factories/pydantic_factory.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Literal, get_args
 
 from polyfactory.exceptions import MissingDependencyException
-from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, BuildContext
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, BuildContext, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.factories.base import BuildContext as BaseBuildContext
 from polyfactory.field_meta import Constraints, FieldMeta, Null
 from polyfactory.utils.helpers import unwrap_new_type, unwrap_optional
@@ -411,35 +411,33 @@ def is_supported_type(cls, value: Any) -> TypeGuard[type[T]]:
         return _is_pydantic_v1_model(value) or _is_pydantic_v2_model(value)
 
     @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list["FieldMeta"]:
         """Retrieve a list of fields from the factory's model.
 
 
         :returns: A list of field MetaData instances.
 
         """
-        if "_fields_metadata" not in cls.__dict__:
-            if _is_pydantic_v1_model(cls.__model__):
-                cls._fields_metadata = [
-                    PydanticFieldMeta.from_model_field(
-                        field,
-                        use_alias=not cls.__model__.__config__.allow_population_by_field_name,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-                    )
-                    for field in cls.__model__.__fields__.values()
-                ]
-            else:
-                use_alias = cls.__model__.model_config.get("validate_by_name", False) or cls.__model__.model_config.get(
-                    "populate_by_name", False
+        if _is_pydantic_v1_model(cls.__model__):
+            return [
+                PydanticFieldMeta.from_model_field(
+                    field,
+                    use_alias=not cls.__model__.__config__.allow_population_by_field_name,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 )
-                cls._fields_metadata = [
-                    PydanticFieldMeta.from_field_info(
-                        field_info=field_info,
-                        field_name=field_name,
-                        use_alias=not use_alias,
-                    )
-                    for field_name, field_info in cls.__model__.model_fields.items()  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
-                ]
-        return cls._fields_metadata
+                for field in cls.__model__.__fields__.values()
+            ]
+        use_alias = cls.__model__.model_config.get("validate_by_name", False) or cls.__model__.model_config.get(
+            "populate_by_name", False
+        )
+        return [
+            PydanticFieldMeta.from_field_info(
+                field_info=field_info,
+                field_name=field_name,
+                use_alias=not use_alias,
+            )
+            for field_name, field_info in cls.__model__.model_fields.items()  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
+        ]
 
     @classmethod
     def get_constrained_field_value(

polyfactory/factories/sqlalchemy_factory.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 from polyfactory.exceptions import ConfigurationException, MissingDependencyException, ParameterException
 from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory
+from polyfactory.exceptions import MissingDependencyException, ParameterException
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.field_meta import Constraints, FieldMeta
 from polyfactory.persistence import AsyncPersistenceProtocol, SyncPersistenceProtocol
 from polyfactory.utils.types import Frozendict
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ def get_type_from_collection_class(
         return annotation
 
     @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list[FieldMeta]:
         fields_meta: list[FieldMeta] = []
 

polyfactory/factories/typed_dict_factory.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     is_typeddict,
 )
 
-from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory
+from polyfactory.factories.base import BaseFactory, cache_model_fields
 from polyfactory.field_meta import FieldMeta, Null
 
 TypedDictT = TypeVar("TypedDictT", bound=_TypedDictMeta)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def is_supported_type(cls, value: Any) -> TypeGuard[type[TypedDictT]]:
         return is_typeddict(value)
 
     @classmethod
+    @cache_model_fields
     def get_model_fields(cls) -> list["FieldMeta"]:
         """Retrieve a list of fields from the factory's model.
 

polyfactory/field_meta.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     import datetime
     from collections.abc import Sequence
     from decimal import Decimal
-    from random import Random
     from re import Pattern
 
     from typing_extensions import NotRequired, Self
@@ -68,10 +67,9 @@ class Constraints(TypedDict):
 class FieldMeta:
     """Factory field metadata container. This class is used to store the data about a field of a factory's model."""
 
-    __slots__ = ("__dict__", "annotation", "children", "constraints", "default", "name", "random")
+    __slots__ = ("__dict__", "annotation", "children", "constraints", "default", "name")
 
     annotation: Any
-    random: Random
     children: list[FieldMeta] | None
     default: Any
     name: str